What do we really know about the men who have held the highest office in the United States? In What You Should Know About the ...

One such family is the Tafts, five generations of a staunchly Republican Ohio family most famous for President William Howard Taft and Senate Republican leader Robert Alphonso Taft, who gave their ...

A new book highlights the political dynasty of the Taft family, with judges, senators, Cabinet members, plus a U.S. president and chief justice.

Description Author Jared Cohen and the director of Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History Jeffrey Engel talked about William Howard Taft's post-presidency. The George W ...

For four months, the world’s richest man has played an unprecedented role in U.S. government. At the start of his 2025 term, President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to cut government “waste and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The 1912 re-election campaign of ...

William Howard Taft, twice the Republican presidential nominee, had been pictured on cigar bands since the 1890s when he served as a federal judge. During the 1908 campaign both Taft and his ...

WASHINGTON -- The body of William Howard Taft rested in an Arlington grave today while the nation went about its work again with only memories of the man who so recently played such a vital part ...

Taft came to the presidency in 1909 with clear concepts of how the nation’s top office needed to become more powerful to meet the growing country’s burgeoning needs.

Taft came to the presidency in 1909 with clear concepts of how the nation’s top office needed to become more powerful to meet the growing country’s burgeoning needs.